Jeremy Clarkson sacked live: Alan Yentob 'wouldn't rule out' ex Top Gear host's BBC return

Clarkson has been let go from the show following a 'fracas' with a producer

Clarkson has been sacked from Top Gear (Getty)

On Wednesday, the BBC confirmed the Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson had been dropped as a presenter from the popular motoring show.

Speculation is now growing over who is being lined up to replace him and what steps his co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May could take next.

These are the latest updates:

• BBC creative director Alan Yentob says he would not rule out Clarkson making a return to the corporation

• Police confirm they are liaising with BBC over the "unprovoked physical attack" on producer Oisin Tymon

• Channel 4 and Sky rule out hiring him

• Clarkson makes his first public appearance since the BBC verdict

• James May hints he will quit the show as well

• Clarkson could still make a farewell appearance when three episodes of Top Gear are aired

• The inquiry's findings in full

• The BBC statement in full.

• Poll: who should take over from Clarkson?

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BBC director general Tony Hall said in the statement confirming the decision that a “line had been crossed” after Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon had to go to A&E following a “physical altercation”.

“I cannot condone what has happened on this occasion. A member of staff – who is a completely innocent party – took himself to Accident and Emergency after a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature. For me a line has been crossed,” he said.